Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Kickass Moms in MM Romance

Both of us have been reading MM for years and when we started reading we remember thinking how many of the female characters we came across who were truly awful people. There were a plethora of storylines that revolved around gay men who were abandoned, disowned, and had really horrible families.

But we both knew from personal experience that this trope, while based in real experiences as well, left out the just-as-interesting female side characters who are supportive of the LGBTQI people in their life, or, at the very least, on a journey to become more supportive.

Wanting to explore these type of female characters is why Jo made Mac’s mom kickass in Beyond Duty and It’s why Sam gave Kerry his mom in An Immoveable Solitude. We both wanted to include a mom as a strong supportive character who the MC could look up to and rely on.

It was Mother’s Day in the US last Sunday, so we want to celebrate those kickass moms in MM romance that you love. Who is your favorite mom from MM? Leave a comment and one random commenter will win an ebook copy of Beyond Duty and another will win an ebook copy of An Immoveable Solitude!

Meet Sam McAuley

Sam sleeps little, reads a lot. Happiest in a foreign country. Twitchy when not mentally in motion. Send her a picture and a song and she's bound to write a story about it. And yes, that's an invitation.

Meet Jo Peterson

SJD Peterson, better known as Jo, hails from Michigan. Not the best place to live for someone who hates the cold and snow. When not reading or writing, Jo can be found close to the heater checking out NHL stats and watching the Red Wings kick a little butt. Can't cook, misses the clothes hamper nine out of ten tries, but is handy with power tools.

Each week, on our Wednesday Author Column posts we will gift to one lucky commenter answering the author question, a Kindle eBook from your TBR list. This week THREE commenters get the chance to win! In addition to our usual giveaway, Sam is gifting a copy of An Immovable Solitude and Jo is gifting a copy of Beyond Duty.

25 comments:

Unfortunately, I do not recall many kickass women in M/M romance... And as you say, moms seem more a source of distress than a real support for the characters. But I do love Heliable in the Whyborne & Griffin series by Jordan L. Hawk. She is fiercely supportive despite her illness and weakness.

Two books come to mind Whyborne & Griffin, Heliable and Christine, the other books are the Cambridge Fellows Mysteries by Charlie Cochrane Jonty's mother and sister know and accept Jonty and Orlando even finding them a house and a housekeeper and helping them solve crimes.

Not exactly a mom because he's an orphan, but Dave Taylor's best friend in The Butterfly Hunter by Julie Bozza was pretty supportive! And I really liked Mason Alexander's mother in Pretend (Blackcreek #3) by Riley Hart.Thanks for the generous giveaway!foebz@hotmail.com

Heliabel from the Whyborne & Griffin series by Jordan L Hawk is a favorite of mine, and that series has another great female character in Christine too. Kane's mom in Rhys Ford's Sinners series is pretty terrific and in her Cole McGinnis series, Claudia is wonderful too - she isn't Cole's biological mom but she's definitely a mom to him.

I know I have read many books with great Mom's in them, but I am not remembering right now. The two that come to mind are Whyborne's mom from the Whyborne & Griffin series and Claudia from the Cole McGinnis series.

I can only think of 2 Moms that were supportive from the m/m books I've read ... Cole Renzo's Mom from A Restored Man by Jaime Reese and Gage Sinclair's Mom from A Current Between Us by Kindle Alexander. They both are fiercely protective of their family and just want their sons to be happy.

My favorite mom in an MM book would be from Rhys Ford's Dirty Series. Claudia is Cole's receptionist who has 10-11 kids of her own with numerous grandkids but has also taken on the role of mother for Cole and his friends. She always gives love and support but also slaps him upside the back of his head if he's being a fool! She's great!

My favorite mom comes from one of my favorite M/M books. Paul Auster's mom Matty (and his father Larry) are two of the funniest parent characters in M/M romance. They totally support Paul in every way.

One of the best exchanges between the two of them as they try to cheer him up."You're just as good as any of the other homosexuals in there. Better, even.""The best"

As I am new to reading M/M I have not read a book yet that has I kick ass Mom. But now I have several books to add to my must reading list from some of the other comments here. I look forward to read about these women. I so that you for this post. I have so much reading to catch up on. I try and read as mush as I can every day.